With the agency’s aviation hangar at the Olympia Regional Airport serving as a backdrop, state Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove held a press event to review of the 2025 summer fire season.

Living with fire is a fact of life in our communities. A single megafire can threaten our forests, neighborhoods and ...

If you think major wildfires in Washington are just for the eastern half of the state, think again. In a meeting room at the Tulalip Resort Casino, wildland firefighters, climate scientists, emergency ...

Each year the DNR divvies up a federal grant for wildfire plans in about 60 communities. Washington just received their money ...

Wildfires are becoming an “all-of-Washington problem,” not just an Eastern Washington one, the head of the state Department of Natural Resources said Monday. Commissioner of Public Lands Dave ...

A complex of fires in north-central Washington has burned about 379 square miles — more than four times the size of Seattle — making it the largest wildfire in the state since record-keeping started.

WASHINGTON - Wildfires continue to impact air quality in Washington as the Labor Mountain and Lower Sugarloaf fires burn over 40,000 acres each in Central Washington. According to Commissioner of ...

With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season. Washington state saw more individual fires than last season, but fewer acres ...

Wildfires are becoming an "all-of-Washington problem," not just an Eastern Washington one, the head of the state Department of Natural Resources said Monday. Commissioner of Public Lands Dave ...